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North Myrtle Beach, SC

19,855 Population
22.4 square miles 885.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 48.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,483 ±$3,955 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $38,025 ±$913
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,722 ±$3,862 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $66,880 ±$1,763
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.4% ±2.5% (1,464  ±501) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 13.2% 49,738 (±0.8% / ±2,844)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±2.7 (131,575  ±20,440) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 23.1 3,342,205 (±0.5 / ±100,049)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,967 ±443 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 158,779 ±1,593
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (19,855  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 2.4 376,205 (±0 / ±87)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±1.7% (32  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 4.2% † 3,165 (±0.7% / ±507)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

27,608 ±753 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 217,419 ±130
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$416,900 ±$17,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $287,700 ±$4,754
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±3.1% (2,654  ±623) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 12.9% 48,967 (±0.7% / ±2,690.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±4.4% (16,130  ±890.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 91.9% 264,858 (±1.6% / ±4,489)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.9% ±3.1% (6,829  ±560.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 27.2% 78,211 (±0.9% / ±2,495.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±2.1% (1,045  ±416) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 25,571
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±1.8% (1,647  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 8.9% 28,326 (±0.4% / ±1,341)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,647 Total veterans ±319 1,453 Male ±302 194 Female ±99

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